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Part IIE+W Justices of the peace

[F1 District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts)]E+W

Textual Amendments

F1Heading substituted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 78(1) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(a)

F210E Disapplication of restrictions.E+W

(1)Nothing in the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980—

(a)requiring a magistrates’ court to be composed of two or more justices or to sit in a petty sessional court-house or an occasional court-house; or

(b)limiting the powers of a magistrates’ court when composed of a single justice or when sitting elsewhere than in a petty sessional court-house,

shall apply to any District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) sitting in a place appointed for the purpose.

(2)Subsection (1) above does not apply to the hearing or determination of family proceedings within the meaning of section 65 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

Textual Amendments

F2Ss. 10A-10E substituted (31.8.2000) for ss. 11-20 by 1999 c. 22, s. 78(1) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(a)

Marginal Citations